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Response to Acts of Terrorism
Published in Robert A. Burke, Counter-Terrorism for Emergency Responders, 2017
First responders’ primary responsibility is to rescue living victims and provide treatment for life-threatening injuries. While performing emergency operations, they are to preserve evidence and avoid disturbing areas not directly involved in the rescue activities, including those areas containing fatalities. After performing a preliminary evaluation and establishing scene safety, first responders should: Initiate rescues of severely injured and/or trapped victims.Evacuate ambulatory victims, perform triage, and treat life-threatening injuries.Leave fatalities and their surroundings undisturbed. Removal of fatalities will await authorization.Avoid disturbing areas not directly involved in rescue activities.
Communication and Patient Care Handover
Published in Joseph R. Keebler, Elizabeth H. Lazzara, Paul Misasi, Human Factors and Ergonomics of Prehospital Emergency Care, 2017
Heather C. Lum, Shane E. Halse
In an emergency medical situation, EMS professionals and first responders, including firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs, are the primary individuals on the scene who will assess and care for the patient. In a time-critical and stressful environment, these individuals are responsible for gathering as much information as possible about the patient. This is particularly difficult due to how diverse the patients are and how unique the situation and circumstances may be. Patients reflect all sections of society and can be of any age, race, or ethnicity, with a plethora of different acute or chronic illnesses or injuries to account for. Further, the scene of an emergency can take place almost anywhere—be it a burning building, the floor of an office, or the side of a road. Therefore, information collection and processing occur from the moment that the EMS staff arrives on the scene and must be quick and accurate. This information is collected and broken down into different criteria and includes the types shown in Table 11.1.
Environmental Health Emergencies, Disasters, and Terrorism
Published in Herman Koren, Best Practices for Environmental Health, 2017
Professional first responders included firefighters, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, police officers, nurses, and doctors. When a disaster occurs, whether it be weather related, a natural event such as an earthquake, or caused purposely by people such as acts of terrorism, large numbers of people, structures, utilities, etc. may be at risk and this situation would be beyond the capacity of the local professional first responder.
User-defined challenges and desiderata for robotics and autonomous systems in health and social care settings
Published in Advanced Robotics, 2019
Gabriel Aguiar Noury, Hannah Bradwell, Serge Thill, Ray Jones
To address the challenges of access to medicine and emergency treatment, some healthcare professionals thought the use of drones useful. Participants suggested drones carrying medical equipment to first responders. Medication delivery could also benefit from this technology (Table 3).